Han Solo ANH Canon Version?

[shootingwomprats]

Hey Telsij, I do not have the stats we created for Han for Solo: A Star Wars Story Sourcebook. Do you still have them? Having looked at Han's skills from ANH, knowing he did not go to the Imperial Academy and was a ground pounded, some of his background skills now no longer make sense.

For example: capital ship gunnery, capital ship piloting, capital ship shields, and starfighter piloting no longer make sense.

Thoughts from the community?

[Whill]

[garhkal]

So that would give him FIGHTER piloting/gunnery, but NOT cap ship stuff..
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[Whill]

[Telsij]

Hi all,

Don't have much time for anything beyond just a quick pop-in here, unfortunately, but:

I do still have my "Han Solo as of Solo: A Star Wars Story" stats, and have posted Han, along with nearly all of my other character stats/write-ups for Solo, over in my Obscure Character Archive thread. (See index in my signature, for the Solo entries.)

Have linked Han's entry below, for reference, as well.

https://rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6280&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=116

I see that Whill talks about this in the thread already, but re: Han's Academy time, he *definitely* still has Imperial flight training and experience in new canon — and displays a high level of skill at it — despite the theatrical cut of the film eliding a lot of it in favor of a joke-transition.

Han's Imperial experience flying is largely w/ starfighters, but there's also some mention made of capital ship duty, as well as of his ability to jury-rig and modify engines for greater output and the like. The fighter flight time and high level of skill displayed is touched upon not only in the novelization and the Solo deleted scenes, but also and probably most clearly in the comics. As Whill mentions, among other things, both the deleted scene and the comics describe a harrowing encounter that takes place after he's been flying as a cadet for some time, 3 years or so, and it's the incident that actually gets Han booted into the infantry. Despite crashing, Han was outnumbered 4-to-1 but still outflew everyone, took out 3 of his 4 opponents single-handedly *and* managed to save a fellow cadet.

Slight tangent but also relevant: In Han Solo: Imperial Cadet #2, we also get to see a flashback montage of his extensive speeder and starship/freighter experience while with the White Worms. After his superior says, "Your instincts where puerile, indicate expertise achieved through years of intense training. So. Where did scum like you learn to fly like that?" the reader get a montage of speeder chases, freighter flight and even jetpack use (though in improv fashion and not enough w/ a pack to warrant skill dice additions). And in some dramatic irony for the reader, Han answers, "Just comes naturally I guess."

In issue #4, we get to see him do well in a TIE in live combat as well (saving fellow cadet Valence in the process, causing V to feel indebted to Solo). So in game terms, Han's high die codes w/ repulsorcraft and freighters are suggested to greatly impact how well he flies fighters. And after the training he *does* get, I say it's def fair to say his Solo-era character would logically have an equal level of skill between freighters, repulsorcraft and fighters. I even went so far as to say capital ship piloting of that high rank as well, as so many other factors come into play in capital combat that 7D piloting there would hardly allow him to fly rings around people while at the helm of a Star Destroyer. I did not include capital ship gunnery, nor capital ship shields, however, as they're already covered by his high MEC, but a high starfighter piloting is definitely applicable. The strictly "piloting" skills are his standout strengths across the board.

So high die-code piloting skills across most ship types, similar to how old WEG stats had them but more so as I have them now, highly-rated and nearly equal across the board, are def justified by new canon texts.

PS: I also "fixed" his original WEG attribute allotment, which was always +1 pip short at 17D+2 and not 18D. Rather than just fit it to the smuggler template and add +1 to KNO, I chose to make his MEC 4D to better reflect Han's strong natural talent. Again, justifiably so, imho, as this iteration of Solo is an "Aspiring Outlaw" type, rather than just a corrected Smuggler template.
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[Whill]

[SWRPGGM]

The Royal Imperial Academy had a rigorous three-year program that was known for its intense competition and high washout rate. Imperial cadets were required to study science, mathematics, piloting, and physical training. Frequent tests were held to challenge the mental, physical, and emotional limits of the students. Due to the rigorous curriculum, classes were known to shrink to about half their original size each year of the three-year program.

The Imperial Academy taught a wide range of different courses including target practice, physical combat, operating laser cannons, and flying speeder bikes TIE fighters, and battle simulation. Some known programs included Small Craft Flight, Large Vessel Design, Core Worlds Classical Culture, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Amphibious Battle Tactics, Longform Computer Operations, and Destroyer-Level Craft Operations.
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[TauntaunScout]

As a kid I felt like Han and Chewbacca were depicted as pretty shoddy mechanics in ESB, maybe having a high MEC doesn't make that much sense.

[MrNexx]

[Whill]